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California is a Model for PACE Loan Reform

Green Building Law Update

California’s statutory changes to its existing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program, that became effective January 1, 2017, may be a model for residential PACE programs across the nation. The first residential PACE program started in Berkeley, California in 2007. 2693 and Assembly Bill No.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Conceptual model of partnering and alliancing. Development of a practical model of partnering for construction. Application of ANP in process models: An example of strategic. Strategic alliances: a model for establishing long. A survey of supply chain collaboration and. management in the UK construction industry.

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As Buyer Demand Softens, Builders Are Forced to Lower Prices, Offer Incentives

Pro Builder

In order to encourage home sales and limit cancellations, home builders are reducing prices and offering unconventional incentives at a quickening pace, but today’s rising concessions pale in comparison to the deals and price cuts offered during the 2007-2008 Great Recession.

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Revit OpEd: Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models

Revit OpEd

Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. When we have architecture and structure in separate Revit models we end up with somewhat clumsy graphics in wall sections. This is more pronounced if the structural slab is in the structure model only. The issue is the same when interior walls are linked into a shell model.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Development of a conceptual model of construction partnering. Lean Construction: arenas of enactment, models of diffusion and the meaning of ‘leanness’. Sutter Health: Developing a contracting model to support lean project delivery Lean Construction Journal 2(1), 105-112. References: Abdelhamid, T. NY: Aspen Publishers.

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Your ENERGY STAR Score is About to Fall Precipitously

Green Building Law Update

Every score model we reviewed saw a drop in ENERGY STAR score except hotels. Note that EIA was unable to publish the 2007 CBECS and therefore, many of today’s scores rely on much older CBECS data, hence the dramatic drop now.). Applications received after August 26 will be evaluated using the updated score models.

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

There are several maturity models that describe the degree of maturity of an organization and/or associated projects. The various capability maturity models (CMM) can be applied to virtually any industry or market segment. Performance Evaluation Model for Project Managers Using Managerial Practices?, CHANGE MANAGEMENT.